First Summer Camp

Week One


It's my first time taking par in the summer camp challange, i've watched it a few times, but never joined in. well this year i'm gonna take the oppotunity to see what fun comes out of prompts from other people, its already helpf highlight stuff i really should have written stuff about already, I'm looking at you farming!
Farming in Bretawald
  Farming in the Maelstrom Nations poses a particular challenge, with the risen dead phenomenon, there needs to be mechanisms to ensure that these widely distributed and isolated communities aren't wiped out by the roaming undead, or more recently, the emergent threat of sylthernak   I figure I can hit silver without killing myself, but I'd like to get more done, though I know my spare time doesn't line up with that, so i've gone for doable, not stressful, if I get more, I'll be happy.
Thankfully, my meta is still good, reviewed on a periodic basis, old articles, plenty of those :D but as a TTRPG world i'm less worried about that, they get revistied as and when the group interact with that element again, as you never really know when that will be, attempting to keep everything upto date and changed according to whats been happening would be beyond madness, I'd rather be sysiphus.  

Week Two

  Roots, well that's not going to be a problem, my world is hinged on the vast expanse of time. I might look at fleshing out the period of history that covers the splitting of nations from Bretawald. The dates of each country are in the timeline, but I haven't put a great deal of detail about the reasons behind the various new nations' split from Bretawald.
  My home page certainly needs some love; it doesn't look like it has been touched since I wrote it when I first joined WA!
Well, I've gone and tweaked the homepage a bit, tried introducing the nations in a single-ish sentence, informative, I really need to get on with fleshing out those nations more. Thanks SC I've more homework to do now :D
 
Oddly my worldest worldbuilding is this world, I've been using this setting for the 30 odd years i've been GMing, but over the passage of time I've lost hand drawn maps and notes, archleaver files of details, when I found WA I was delighted I'd found somewhere that I was might less likely to loose all the work i've put into it. These days, it's recalling what I've misplaced, and adding in more details to give depth and life to the setting.
Over the years, I've learnt a great deal more about how to create a world that feels more alive, less reliant on the specifics of a given campaign, so it's less of a strange patchwork quilt made of things that don't mesh.    

Week Three

  its an odd one for me, the vast majority of major changes within my setting are a result of one of two things, either campaigns I've run or major rules shifts from moving to different editions or rules systems. At the moment, I'm weaving into the current campaign the seeds of introducing mythic rules for Pathfinder 2e. Feels a bit of a cheat topic for me :D.
Well currently, the forces of the Onyx Queen are looking for the lost tower of Leverexokathril, as unlocking this will free up the root for mortals to reach divinity. Oddly enough bvack in the early days of this setting I ran a varient of the Immortals (I think that was its name) DND box set, basically players are nacent gods, the tower was the root to immortality back then, and post that campaign I had to "lock it away" so it wasn't something players went after, odd how cyclic stuff can be. Other than that, it's a grim dark world; there's always some changes going on, usually for the worse. We have an invasion by the slythernak bubbling up, a global issue, there's a daemon invasion overdue, well, that's how it seems to the world, no spoilers here.
   

Week Four

Tomorrow, it feels like a similar place to week three for me. It's an RPG world, so I prep for some futures, but the actions of the group play heavily into what comes of this. I have a few medium-term plots on the go. I could do with spending some time thinking about where the various nations think they are going, they split from a larger entity for a collection of reasons, they need to be brought into the present and planned into where they are pushing themselves to. I can envision some additions to the major articles for each nation emerging from this line of thinking at some point.
I suspect this is going to really depend on the specifics of the prompts that come out, but I don't currently think its going to be the easiest of the themes for my world. Time will tell. Everything is always ready, my writing space is my work desk :D
  I guess the fact I've not been writing articles for my world, waiting on the prep month to finish, boy, who knew I don't like waiting :D

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Jun 2, 2025 09:13 by Imagica

Hey, it's my first Summer Camp as well! Let's have some fun with it. Best of luck with your pledge :)

I survived Summer Camp! Check out what I wrote in my Summer Camp Hub Article
 
Come visit my world of Kena'an for tales of fantasy and magic! Or, if you want something darker, Crux Umbra awaits.
Jun 2, 2025 09:35

thank you so much, i'll wander over and have a gander, though I suspect Crux Umbra's where I'll stay. Love the world name by the way :D

Jun 5, 2025 15:18

Welcome to the summer camp beach party! I will just join in wishing you the best of luck and loads of fun along the way.

Join me at the sandy beaches of Aran'sha for new adventures.
Jun 6, 2025 08:14

thank you so much, i really appreciate your comments. I'll go have a look at your worlds when i get a chance

Jun 5, 2025 20:24 by Enoris Leinwand

Welcome to this amazing fantastic challenge ! Undead infested land must be quite hard to provide for... Best of luck to you, I hope the greatest badge for you and, most of all, an infinity of HYPE and fun !

Jun 6, 2025 08:15

thank you! it's a challenging place to live, that's for sure, and thanks to SC for pointing out, I really need to write up how they manage some of the basics like farming :D

Jun 7, 2025 17:52 by Kat Chiron

Hope you have a great Summer Camp!

⛱️See my Summer Camp Homework 2025   ⚒️Watch me build Vyrvania: City of Secrets  
Jun 8, 2025 05:13

Thank you, really appreciated :D

Jun 10, 2025 20:13 by Mochi

I have such fond memories of my first Summer Camp, it really helped me find my place in the community. I hope you have an incredible first Summer Camp and enjoy writing lots of cool things! <3

I hope you have a great day!   Explore the endless planets brimming with life of the Yonderverse! Go after creatures, discover new places, and learn about the people you find along the way.   Come prep for Summer Camp with me!
Jun 15, 2025 06:15

Thank you, I am finding the community a genuine pleasure

Jun 16, 2025 19:14

Good luck with your summer camp <3 Don't worry if you don't reach your goal, what's important is that you have fun writing and have fun expanding your world :D You have a lot of stuff you can expand on and that's thrilling ^u^

Jun 17, 2025 05:49

thank you, I am really looking forward to the prompts and seeing what they turn into in my world

Jun 21, 2025 09:11 by Graeme Barber

I feel the "collecting all the parts together" thing! My world is the culmination of about a half dozen settings I've made and used as a GM and for fun writing, and there are notes EVERYWHERE. Looking forward to seeing how it comes together for you in Summer Camp!

Good luck, stay safe, and hydrate.
Jun 23, 2025 05:59

Good to hear i'm not the only one out there with a setting that started as scraps of paper from many years of gaming :D